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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 6-13, 2018

May 13, 2018 by riplipboy

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 6-13, 2018

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WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Chilly windy mornings give way to beautiful sunny days. Day time temps mid-80’s. Still too much wind for my liking but it’s less every week.

Water – Changing all the time. Areas of blue clear water then some dirty water areas. Strong currents pushing things around and can change from hour to hour affecting fishing and bait

Bait – Difficult for our Las Arenas Fleet. Much easier for our La Paz fleet

Fishing – Not bad. Could be better. Some days a struggle or one boat does well and boat next to it has to pick at it. Lots of variety, however…tuna, dorado, wahoo, roosterfish (finally), dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso, pargo mulatto, cabrilla, triggerfish, bonito, skipjack, jack crevalle, amberjack, sierra, yellowtail and yellow snapper all caught this week.

Catching – Wish we didn’t lose so many large fish! But, I guess that’s why they are larger than their friends!

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Our first “official” roosterfish of the season! (No one has really been asking to fish them so far until this week!). But Diane Kosnosky from Arlington WA with Captain Victor picked up this 40-pound class rooster on the line then released it! They also lost two others!

First official “wahoo” of the season too! (We’ve had others on, but the toothy critters have bit off!). Jerry Siegal from Colorado Springs our our amigo “Goyo” Wagner owner of the Rancho Costa Resort in Muertos with a speedster wahoo!

If he looks familiar, no, it’s not Captain Pancho! It’s his brother, Miguel. Early in the week when the tuna were foaming he was with Doctor Ernesto and Santiago harvesting some “meat” for the freezer. The tuna tapered as the week went on.

The “right kind” for Bill Johnson of Colorado with a trophy cabrilla going into the freezer.

So great to be getting quality dorado so early in the season like this beauty caught by Dave Kosnosky from Washington not far off the rocks!

Is there another doctor in the house? Doc Gianni Checa from Denver area was one of the funnest guys of the week and holds up another yellowfin tuna on the beach at Muertos Bay.

Arizona team of Rob and son, Craig Hoffman rapped this gorgeous dog-tooth snapper out’ve the rocks near Punta Perrico.

Captain Luis on the gaff work for Diane Kosnosky just north of La Paz and her bull dorado!

Quality yellowfin tuna for yet another doctor this week! Dr. Roy Stringfellow poses with his catch just off the south end of Cerralvo Island where the tuna boiled for a few days!

First-day double fisted pargo for George Talbott from Rio Vista CA on the north end of San Francisco Bay. Great eating fish and super fighters!

Dave Johnson from Denver showing off one of his good-looking mahi that he caught on one of his days fishing from La Paz around Espirito Santo Island.

Slugger tuna early in the week when they were rocking just outside of Muertos Bay, Punta Arenas and the south end of Cerralvo Island. Craig Hoffman from Arizona got his first tuna ever…and then a few more!

I know it’s the upside down belly photo of the fish, but it’s really a dandy cabrilla held up by Captain Boli caught by Joe Vondrak from Portland.

Double-D dorado for Dave and Diane Kosnosky visiting us from Washington

Our amigo, Gary Wagner on the beach in front of Rancho Costa in Muertos Bay with a tuna no double headed for dinner at the resort.

This might be the last yellowtail of the season. A little guy but still tasty. Waters are now getting too warm for many more yellowtail which are cooler-water fish. Dave Johnson does the honors.

Fat bonito provided action all week for many of our anglers and are bulldogs on a rod and reel! Tim Cherwin from Montana shows how big they are right now.

Another of our Oregon amigos, Mike Lohrey, had a pretty nice day on the water judging from this photo of all his dorado. He was fishing just outside of La Paz Bay.

Parting shot! Too funny guys…Mark Bigalk and Gianni Checa…goofing for the camera with some tuna.

Not a great week but not a bad week either. We’re in that transition time between cooler waters moving out and warmer waters moving in. Add in the variable winds that can still be ver strong and erratic and there’s a lot of currents pushing water temperatures, conditions and the fish around. Quite frankly, you’re just never sure what you’re going to catch right now as it varies from day-to-day and even from boat-to-boat next to each other.

One day waters are blue and the next day or even the next hour in the exact same spot, the waters are turned over and coffee colored and you have to find a different spot. One day that only has picky fishing for bottom fish suddenly turns into a tuna or dorado hot spot the next day. For sure, if you’re looking for variety, this is time of year.

For example for our Tailhunter Fleet from Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay, we had a nice jag of 20-40 pound yellowfin tuna early in the week just off Punta Perico, Punta Arenas and the south end of Cerralvo Island very close to shore and in relatively shallow water. The bite tapered as the week went on (but also probably had a lot to do with the fact that live sardines were difficult to find). But, then inshore species like big cabrilla (especially at the north end of the island), pargo mulatto, barred pargo, sierra, amberjack, bonito and others filled the gap. Not a lot of fish, but enough to keep things interesting.

We saw more billfish in the area, but not really willing to bite just yet. But good news with our first rooster fish (30-50 pounders) and wahoo finally getting into the count.

For our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet, the bite was more consistent, especially around Espirito Santo Island. We didn’t get a lot and some days were better than others, but some surprisingly legit-sized dorado running 15-25 pounds caught on live bait and dead stripped bonito. Some of the fish were taken in water so shallow you could see the bottom!

The same areas also kicked out some hefty bonito, pargo, snapper, cabrilla and a few left-over yellowtail as well which will probably be the last of the season.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

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